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May 2017 Moms
MrsFox2008
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Tuesday Ticker Change 1/10
MrsFox2008
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How far along are you?
How big is baby?
Any appointments this week?
Symptoms?
Cravings?
Rants/Raves/Questions?
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?)
How big is baby?
Any appointments this week?
Symptoms?
Cravings?
Rants/Raves/Questions?
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?)
#1 DD Aug 2014 @39weeks via CS
#2 Due May 2,2017 hopeful VBAC
Re: Tuesday Ticker Change 1/10
24 weeks!!!!!!!
How big is baby?
the size of a cantaloupe...
Any Appointments?
none this week. Next week I have my glucose test and we get to take another look a this little girl!
Symptoms:
HEARTBURN, and it's horrible.
Cravings:
sweets, mainly chocolate cake, brownies and cookies! Ahhh the unhealthy stuff.
Rants/Raves/Questions:
Rave: DH and I stocked up on daipers last night at target. I'm loving all this preparation that we're getting done for baby!!
Question: any ideas for GTKY? I always get stuck when I'm making the Ticker Change each week!
GTKY: favorite food?
I would definitely say Italian. I love it all. Baked Ziti, Spaghetti, lasagna and the list goes on!
#1 DD Aug 2014 @39weeks via CS
#2 Due May 2,2017 hopeful VBAC
23 Weeks!
How big is baby?
A bunch of grapes (Ovia app) or Grapefruit (Bump app)
Any appointments this week?
Had a regular check up yesterday with the OB. Just did blood pressure and weight and listened to the heartbeat. They said everything looks good and got my script to get my glucose testing done at the end of this month.
Symptoms?
Occasional hip aches and upper back aches. Finding some positions uncomfortable while laying down or sitting.
Cravings?
Salads are the thing this week, also hot chocolate I seriously have a mug full like almost everyday!
Rants/Raves/Questions?
Not too much really, just chugging along. Question though, they didn't measure my stomach yesterday at the appointment and I know a lot of women have their fundal height measured. I am not concerned because the HB was nice and strong just wondering if anyone else didn't have their doctor measure fundal height?
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?)
I would say Italian because there is so much you can have and I never tire of pasta dishes!
TTC #1: September 2015-January 2016
BFP #1: 1/25/16 - MMC Diagnosed 3/22/16
TTCAL: June 2016
BFP #2: 8/26/16 - EDD 5/9/17
Jackson born 5/6/17 at 8:36 PM - 9lbs 5oz & 21in
How big is baby? Spaghetti Squash
Any appointments this week? Quick check-up on Friday
Symptoms? I've finally gotten in the habit of taking my heartburn Rx, and everything else seems to be OK right now.
Cravings? I've had a pretty big sweet tooth and basically lose control in the afternoon when DS is sleeping.
Rants/Raves/Questions? My husband and his parents have been going to Florida during speed week for as long as he has been alive. I think racing is about the dumbest thing on the planet, but I've going along with it since we've been married. Last year we had a 4 month old, so thankfully we got to stay home. This year, since I'm not super pregnant yet and DS is a little older I said we could go (thinking my generosity and willingness to cooperate would earn me some points I could use later). Turns out, I will miss FOUR CONSIGNMENT SALES while we are gone - including my very favorite one. I cannot believe I didn't check the calendar before I agreed to go, and I keep getting re-mad every time I think about it.
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) I am a sucker for some good Sesame Chicken, but I could eat MEXICAN every day. For those of you poor, unfortunate souls who live in parts of the country without white cheese dip... I feel for you!
#1 DD Aug 2014 @39weeks via CS
#2 Due May 2,2017 hopeful VBAC
How big is baby? Weasle
Any appointments this week? None
Symptoms? Starting to get uncomfortable sleeping like a pullling in my hips which is annoying. Also a little heartburn but not enough to take anything yet.
Cravings? Haven't had any real cravings but have been unmotivated to cook so we've been eating out and it hasn't been healthy.
Rants/Raves/Questions? We finally got the results from our AS and baby girl is measuring right on track and all organs and such looks great. Just relieved as you never know what they might find.
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) I guess American. I love mashed potatoes and green beans. But I like all other food. Where we are now the food sucks so I cannot wait to move. We go downtown Chicago a lot to get good food but what a pain. I loved living in Philly and would order online and have it show up at my door whenever I wanted something that was amazing.
How big is baby? According to my signature, the size of a box of mac and cheese! Which just makes me want that for lunch.
Any appointments this week? I had a check in with my NP this morning--we did the fundal height for the first time, checked weight and BP, and checked her heartbeat. I also had my glucose test this morning (because I had a history of elevated levels/borderline GD with my first). That drink is my nightmare. I hate sweet drinks. I can still taste it. Just hoping I pass because the 3 hour test is pure torture for me.
Symptoms? Stretching pains on the sides of my bump (NP says it's totally normal). I've been having a hard time sleeping, but I think part of that is self imposed because I wake myself up to move and get more comfortable and then my mind starts racing.
Cravings? I've been eating so much almond butter on rice cakes. And just lately, I've developed a craving for sweets, but probably because I've been anticipating the dreaded glucose test, lol...
Rants/Raves/Questions? I spent the last few months negotiating a partially paid maternity/secondary care giver policy for my company HR manual as well as paid full leave for me and I'm so close to having it all finalized! I'm quite proud of myself, even though I will likely be the only person to ever use it because my company is so small and no one else has been pregnant in the 5 year history of the company. It just makes me really happy that if someone else followed in my footsteps, there would be no ambiguity for them!
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) Anything spicy. I love spicy food and I just love all different kinds of cultural food. If I had to pick a favorite, maybe Szechuan Chinese because it tends to be really spicy?
@Kipperoo that is great that you're setting up the maternity leave system for your office!!
How far along? 21 weeks!
How big is baby? Dragons egg or endive. I have the exact same practical knowledge of both of these objects.
Appointments? Next week.
Symptoms? Still tired. I think partly just from not being able to be out and about. I'm like a hibernating bear.
Cravings? No. Not really into food, it's super weird.
Rants/raves/questions? Husband is repainting our bathroom (yay!!) and the smell is horrible (boo!) so I've kept the door closed all day with a window open and fan going. Daughter's tiny potty is in the hallway, and she's so confused! "I need to wash my hands!!!" Ugh, but I don't want to smell paint, kid!
Favorite te kind of food? I like comfort foods- Mac n cheese, cornbread, those kinds of things. And I love good fruit in season. I miss it so much in winter!
@lilylover27 They haven't measured me yet, but I am a bit behind you. She did feel to find the top of my uterus and said that was where it should be.
How far along are you? 21 weeks
How big is baby? Endive (what the heck is that? off to google)
Any appointments this week? Nope. Crap, I was supposed to get blood work though and forgot. Guess that is gonna have to wait until Friday.
Symptoms? Feeling pretty good. Right hip hurts if I walk a bit more then usual and I get lighting crotch sometimes.
Cravings? Sugar and cheese
Rants/Raves/Questions? Nothing really. Snow day today!
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) Today it is Italian because I have been wanting it bad and hope to make a yummy ziti recipe tomorrow I saw on Rachel Ray during my 1 hour glucose test. Not sure I will make it out to the store though given the loads of snow and now freezing rain.
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
@SWE2 glad the AS results were right on track!
@kipperoo that is amazing you are setting up the maternity leave standards for your job!
TTC #1: September 2015-January 2016
BFP #1: 1/25/16 - MMC Diagnosed 3/22/16
TTCAL: June 2016
BFP #2: 8/26/16 - EDD 5/9/17
Jackson born 5/6/17 at 8:36 PM - 9lbs 5oz & 21in
How big is baby? Banana
Any appointments this week? Anatomy scan on Thursday!
Symptoms? Weird dreams lately, but otherwise good.
Cravings? I have a major sweet tooth lately. I actually baked an entire chocolate cake last weekend just because.
Rants/Raves/Questions? I'm starting to get anxious about all the things that need to be done before May. We're turning our guest room into the baby's room, and I have to figure out where to move/store the furniture currently in it. I've also been trying to streamline my 2 y/o son's toys to make room for the return of baby stuff. We moved from a one-bedroom apartment into this house right before he was born, and it felt like a palace at the time. Now I totally feel like we need a bigger house. How did we get this much stuff?!
GTKY: What is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) Probably Italian. Mmm, pasta.
@SWE2: I hear you on missing delivery. I used to live in NYC, and Seamless happily fulfilled all my cravings during my first pregnancy! Now there's only a handful of places that deliver where we live, and I'm so bored of the limited choices.
@lilylover27: I never had my fundal height measured during my first pregnancy. The practice I went to at the time had a small u/s machine, so I guess they kept track of the baby's size that way? They haven't measured fundal height yet at my new practice, but I'm also not as far along as you.
I also have a rave now! I just got a phone call and I get to have another ultrasound because they are sending me to mfm for a consult. It will be the same as last time where they tell me I wont qualify for an epidural and that the dr cannot use forceps or vacuum, so I have nothing new to worry about. So I just get to be excited to get to see the baby again and 4 weeks bigger from the anatomy scan!
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
How far along are you? 23 weeks
How big is baby? a bunch of grapes or a grapefruit (so ambiguous)
Any appointments this week? phone appt this morning with a geneticist counselor re: the findings from my ultrasound (an echogenic intracardiac focus was found). She was quite surprised she received the referral since the finding is considered normal especially in that everything else was normal and on track and that my bloodwork (NIPT and Quad screening were low risk). She said the new studies reveal no correlation between EIF and Downs Syndrome and that the NIPT can detect Downs 99% of the time. Basically she said, the risk of losing the baby after an amniocentesis (which is already super low) is higher than the chance of my baby having Downs Syndrome. WHEW! I think I just needed to hear it from the expert. So no amnio for me and I'm happy as can be.
Symptoms? left groin pain, shortness of breath
Cravings? salt n vinegar Lays chips (lol)
Rants/Raves/Questions? so we are back on the house hunt (ugh) as negotiations didn't go as planned. Also, I'm a bit surprised that I don't have more done for this little one... although I can attribute most of it to not knowing where we'll be living. A brand new house, a great fixer-upper deal, or still in this rental until we find the right place.
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) I'd have to say Mexican since there is such a variety and it's all yummy!
DS1 7/24/15
DS2 5/7/17
How big is baby? Size of a coconut.
Any appointments this week? No. Two next week.
Symptoms? Insomnia is back. I'm getting really bad leg cramps at night if I stretch too much. On the bright side I'm really starting to feel the baby move now!
Cravings? This week it's been grilled cheese and tacos.
Rants/Raves/Questions? Saw the OB again on Friday. My cervix is still shrinking but the cerclage is holding well. They are going to evaluate me over the next few weeks to see if I'm going to have to start steroid therapy.
I'm super bummed right now that I can't exercise. I had a really good routine going! I had this big plan to be really strong for labour and now I'm worried I'm not going to have the energy to get through it.
Ugh. I feel like such a Debbie Downer. I am enjoying being home right now though. Boredom hasn't set in yet and I'm thankful I've got the time to just take care of myself instead of stressing out at work every day.
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) Mexican! And Thai
@emilyalso I don't get racing either. But I also don't get basketball or baseball so I always figured it was a 'me' problem. That really sucks about the consignment sales.
@SWE2 congrats on the anatomy scan results!
@Kipperoo that's awesome you get to write that for your company! I was thinking of you guys this morning. How is your husband doing today?
@Squirtgun I'm going to be painting the nursery this week and I'm not looking forward to it for that exact reason.
@Louise_Belcher yay for another ultrasound!
@mrsrep123 I'm so glad the genetic counsellor was able to put your mind at ease. Sorry the negotiations fell through.
@lilylover27 and @CherryBananas - I just don't GET it. I've told him several times that if it were like the Kentucky Derby (one lap, under 2 minutes, DONE!) that maybe I could tolerate it. I am not a huge sports fan, but I don't have disdain for the big ones (baseball, basketball, football...) like I do for NASCAR.
@slowmo - We gave up our dining room to turn it into a playroom, and it's already full to bursting! Now I'm thinking we need to finish the basement to accommodate everything for children!
@Louise_Belcher - I'm sorry if you've talked about this before... maybe I haven't been following closely enough. What is it that makes you not qualify for an epidural/forceps/vacuum? (Feel free to refer me to an old thread if you've explained it all already.)
DS2 5/17
#3 Due 9/20
How big is baby? Size of an Endive
Any appointments this week? None this week.
Symptoms? Acid reflux/heartburn
Cravings? Still craving tacos and now onion rings
Rants/Raves/Questions? So excited to be having a baby girl.
GTKY: what is your favorite kind of food? (Italian, Chinese, etc?) Italian food
@Kipperoo @Squirtgun @CherryBananas thanks ladies! What a relief, truly!
@mrsfox2008 GTKY ideas... hmmm, I'll get back to you on that one. Btw, thanks for starting these. I'm in the west coast and by the time I'm on the boards, it's well underway.
@lilylover27 no official fundal height checked yet, but the OB or NP will feel for the top of it.
@emilyalso glad the heartburn is under control. My sweet tooth is rock steady - pregnant or not, lol.
@SWE2 So happy for your normal AS!
@Kipperoo did you end up having mac n cheese for lunch? Lol. I, too, hate that glucose drink. I don't even drink soda so I always feel super gross afterwards. Not looking forward to doing line at my next appt in 2 weeks. Major props for implementing your company's maternity leave policy!
@squirtgun I miss the summer fruit especially.
@Louise_Belcher glad you get another peak at your baby!
@slowmo Good luck at Thursday's AS!
@CherryBananas Glad the cerclage is holding well. FX you won't need anymore interventions. Ooh, how did I forget Thai - I eat it like 2-3 times a week.
@MrsCPALeslie excited for you and your baby girl!
whew... I think that was everyone!
DS1 7/24/15
DS2 5/7/17
@CherryBananas, thanks for thinking about me! We are doing ok. Obviously, my husband is still dealing with it at work and feeling sad. They've been doing a lot of grief counseling at work and that seems to be helping him. And on an unrelated note, if you haven't already picked the paint color, check out Benjamin Moore paint. It's a little more expensive but I find it has less paint fumes (or at least they aren't as strong). That's what we used when we painted the nursery a few weeks ago and I had no trouble being in the room!
@mrsrep123 no problem!
#1 DD Aug 2014 @39weeks via CS
#2 Due May 2,2017 hopeful VBAC